(Optional) Delays the
display of the alarm on Alarm Viewers and other Alarm Management
Interested Processes unless the point remains in an alarm state for
the configured interval.

The point is scanned at its normal Scan Rate , but is evaluated for alarming at the Alarm Delay rate
(also known as the sample interval).

When an alarm condition is
Detected for a point and if:

The Point Manager sends the
information:

No Alarm delay is
configured

Immediately to the Alarm Manager and all other
Point Management Interested Processes such as CimView and the Event
Manager.

An Alarm delay is
configured

After the delay time generates the Alarm
Delay. This means that Alarm Delay applies to all the Point
Management Interested Processes such as CimView, Point Control
Panel and the Event Manager, the Alarm Viewer and other Alarm
Management Interested Processes, such as the Alarm Printer, that
are serviced by the Alarm Manager.

Check box

Check to display the length and interval
fields.

Length

Length of selected interval time to delay the
display.

Interval

Options are:

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

Important: The minimum
interval is 1 second.

Note: If the point has:

Engineering units (EU)
and

Deviation alarming,

an alarm is generated when the difference between the:

Current converted value of
the point and

Converted value of the
deviation point (if the deviation point also has EU)